Timed Name Release

[thunderbreak]

Games already uses this system, for example in DC Universe Online when your account is inactive so long they'll just add a (_I) behind your character's name to release it, and I'm not even asking for a dick move like that to force you to pay for a name change.

[Aerowaffle]

Games already uses this system, for example in DC Universe Online when your account is inactive so long they'll just add a (_I) behind your character's name to release it, and I'm not even asking for a dick move like that to force you to pay for a name change.

This isn't DC Universe Online. DC Universe Online is not only FTP, but a different game. Releasing trial accounts names that have little chance of returning after a year, that's understandable. But this game usually only has one character per player. I would be pissed if I took a break for any amount of time and came back to find my only character's identity forcefully changed.

[thunderbreak]

This isn't DC Universe Online. DC Universe Online is not only FTP, but a different game. Releasing trial accounts names that have little chance of returning after a year, that's understandable. But this game usually only has one character per player. I would be pissed if I took a break for any amount of time and came back to find my only character's identity forcefully changed.

So you are telling me this game doesn't borrow system/game play elements wise from free to play and pay to play alike? Like I said, I only vote, I didn't say it needs to be 6 month. If people wants a year, then make it a year. Right now is indefinitely and I don't feel that's fair to paid customers.

[Aerowaffle]

So you are telling me this game doesn't borrow system/game play elements wise from free to play and pay to play alike? Like I said, I only vote, I didn't say it needs to be 6 month. If people wants a year, then make it a year. Right now is indefinitely and I don't feel that's fair to paid customers.

It's completely fair to paying customers, they also get a name that other players can't have on that server.

I'm okay with trial accounts losing their character names after some point and time.
I'm fine with any permanently banned account getting their names released.

I'm not fine with any player that has put money into the game losing their character's identity because some arbitrary amount of time has passed.

[thunderbreak]

It's completely fair to paying customers, they also get a name that other players can't have on that server.

I'm okay with trial accounts losing their character names after some point and time.
I'm fine with any permanently banned account getting their names released.

I'm not fine with any player that has put money into the game losing their character's identity because some arbitrary amount of time has passed.

Well, that's a start.

[kyuven]

Games already uses this system, for example in DC Universe Online

DCUO has so far only done this a handful of times, I think once MAYBE twice, in the 5+ years its been around. They do it in a large sweep, not after X amount of time has passed. And they announce it.
FFXIV has the following factors working against it in this regard:
1) DCUO rewards altoholism. Different powers, costumes, and even story options. FFXIV does not. There are different story options for the first 20 levels based on where you start, but other than that each playthrough of the game is exactly the same. Other than wanting to try out different races or needing extra storage space, there's no practical reason to have more than 3 characters on a given server. Meanwhile in DCUO, there's an incentive to have as many as you want to try different power combinations or mentors or the like.
2) DCUO has simply been around longer than FFXIV.

So combine those factors and I wouldn't count on seeing anything remotely like what you want for SEVERAL years.